Hanger device



Sept 27, 1949. E. H. VAN scHooR ET Al. 21,483,114

HANGER DEVICE Filed Sept. 25, 1946 fn/ddr V072 Sch oor# eZber Joos/ 5 9Patented Sept. 27, 1949 HANGER DEVICE Edgar H. van schoof and DelbertJoost, Chicago, Ill.

Application September 25, 1946; Serial No. 699,280

This invention relates to improvements in 2 claims. (c1. 248-29) hangerdevices and it consists of the matters hereinafter described and moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The device with which the invention is more especially concerned is ofthe kind adapted for the hanging support of a picture, mirror, plaque orthe like from a coacting hook on an upright wall.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a hangerdevice of this kind whereby the panel-like member, to which it isattached, may be shifted on the coacting hook to better position theupper and lower edge of said member in an even condition in a horizontalplane, and which device prevents the accidental dislodgment of thepanel-like member as when dusting in the vicinity of the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hanger device of thiskind, which is simple in construction and which may be made from sheetmaterial for low cost production and sale.

Also, it is an object of the invention to provide a device of this kind,which may beused in con-. nection with associated supportinglwall hooksof diierent widths.

Furthermore, it is an Vobject of the inventio to provide a device ofthis kind, which may be made from a sheet metal stamping requiring onlysimple dies for its manufacture.. l Y

The above mentioned objects of the invention, as well as others,together with the advantages thereof will more fully appear as thespecification proceeds. Y

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a view in elevation of the improved Q device when attached inoperative position upon the back of the panel-like member to besupported thereby, upon a hook on an upright wall.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the device and part of thepanel-like member, to which it is attached for supporting the Same froman associated wall hook, as taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view as taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2,showing the engagementof a hook portion of small diameter therewith aswill be later mentioned.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing the same when engagedwith a hook portion of a width and cross section diierent from thatappearing in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a view in elevation, on an enlarged scale, of a iiat sheetmetal blank from which the device is produced.

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In general, the improved hanger device is a unitary one in theform ofbracket clip preferably produced from a flat sheet metal stamped blank,thereafter bent upon transverse lines so as to include a flat upperportion for attachmentto the back of the panel-like member to besupported, a second and rearwardly extending spacing portion and a wallengaging third portion extending downwardly from the rear part of thesecond portion. The rst portion has openings therein for the passage ofsuitable fasteners whereby the device may be attached to the back of thepanel-like member to be supported by means of a hook pro'- jecting froman upright wall. The second and third portions each have an opening ofconsiderable size therein, for the passage .of coacting parts ofsaidhook therethrough. The upper edge of the opening in the third or wallengaging portion of the device is formed with a pluralityoflongitudinally spaced, downwardly facing recesses. or notches whichare separated by intermediate teeth and certain non-adjacent teeth aredeeper than those between them so that the device may be usedV eitherwith Ahooks having a round cross section of small diameter or with hookshaving a flat cross section of a width greater than said diameter.

Referring now in detail to that embodimentof the invention, andespecially to Fig. l thereof, the improved device includes a at upperportion i0 having laterally spaced openings II (see Figs. 3, 4 and E)therein for thepassage therethrough .of fastener elements I2, wherebythe device may be attached in operative position to the back of thepanel-like member I3 to be supported. The member may be a picture, amirror, or a wall plaque or the like.

-The bottom of the upper portion is connected by an inside corner I4 tothe front margin of a secondv or spacing portion I5 arranged atsubstantially a right angleto-and extending rearwardly from the bottomof said upper portion. In said second portion is a relatively wideopening I 6, which may extend into a part of the rst The rear part ofsaid second portion is connected by an outside corner I'I with the upperpart of a third portion I8 which extends in a generally outward anddownward direction and terminates in a lower wall engaging portion whichis preferably arranged in a plane parallel with that of the upperportion. Y

The third portion has an opening I9 therein of a width approximatingthat of the opening I6 in the second or spacing portion. The lower edgeISE of the opening I9 is disposed in the plane of the junction of saidwall engaging and said third portions respectively. The upper edge ofsaid opening is provided with a series of inverted V-shaped, downwardlyopening notches or recesses 2l separated by V-shaped teeth 22 andcertain non-adjacent teeth 22a are deeper from top to bottom than thoseteeth 22 therebetween.

The bracket clip described is produced from the at blank of sheetmaterial shown in Fig. 5 and which is bent or folded along thetransverse lines 23, 24 and 25 respectively to produce the inside andoutside corners before mentioned and the junction cornerl or bendbetween the bottom of the third portion and the wall .engagementportion.

When the panel-like member to be supported; which is indicated by thenumeral I3, is of such size as to need the use of only one device' for`its support, said device is attached as by means of tasteners' I2 totheupper central part of the back thereof. When said member is of suchsize as to require the use oi more than one of said devices for itssupport, said devices are evenly spaced apart along said upper centralpart of the back thereof..

Assuming that the panel-like member is of such size* as to require onlyone device for its support from a suitable upwardly facing hook 26, ofsmall diameter cross` sectional stock, projecting from an upright wall21, the hanging procedure is as follows-2 the `member If3'is moved, backfirst, toward the hook 26 so that the hook will pass through the openingI9 in the third. portion I8 whereby the bottom; portion of the deviceengages the surface of thel wall. The member I3 is then lowered slightlysothat the treek upturn'ed end portion of the hook 26 passes through theopening I6 in the second or'spacing portion of the device when anotherpart of said hook- `at the bottom of the bend thereof` will engage inone of the notches 2I and preferably that one which is disposed in thelongitudinalmedial' line thereof.

Very often the device may be applied to the member I3 in a home by' arelatively inexperienced person and therefore the device might not beapplied exactly centrally of the. back` of the member so' that said`member may hang skewedand tilt to' one side. By lifting up on saidmember to clear thev bend of the hook 26, the panel member' with thedevice thereon may be shifted laterally so that said bend of the hookmay be. engaged in that adjacent recess which will make the memberbalance and harig evenly. In Fig. 4 we have illustrated the device inuse in connection with a hooki having a bend portion 26a of a widthgreater than the diameter of a portion of they hook in Figs. 1 andV 2.Under such conditions, said wider bend portion will be engaged in thespace between the two wider non-- adjacent teeth 22a- 22a with the edgesthereof engaging the facing edges of` said'deeper teeth.

The device iszsim'plein construction for low cost production,` is easilyattached to:- the picture, mirror or plaque to be supported and maybereadily engaged withwall. hooks of difierent shapesl and sizes at thebend thereof.

The form, arrangement, and proportionl of' the parts is such that thepanel' Itl cannot `be disengaged from the hook by merely pushing thepanel I3 upwardly or by knocking it from one side. The reason for thisis-.that thebottom of thehook 26 willf engage the edge I-9E= dening apart of opening I9r beiore'f the hook has become entirely free of themember I0. Hence to release the panel it must rst be swung outwardly soas to extend away from the wall, at which time the panel may be liftedfrom the hook.

While in describing the invention we have referred in detail to theform, arrangement and construction of the parts forming the device, thesame is to be considered only in the illustrativo sense so that we donot wish to be limited thereto except as may be specically set forth inthe appended claims.

We claim as our invention:

1. A device for the hanging support of a panellike member from acoacting hook on an upright wail 'and embodying therein a bracket-likeclip having an upper end portion adapted for attachmen-t to the back ofsaid panel-like member, a second portion connected by an inside cornerto and extending outwardly at an angle from the 20 bottom of the rstportion and a third portion which 'is' 'connected by an outside cornerto said second portion and' extends in a generally downward directiontherefrom and is formed at its bottom end for engagement with saidupright 525 wall to space said panel-like member therefrom, said secondportion having an opening therein for the passage of afpartof said hooktherethrough and said third portion being formed t0 provide a downwardlyfacing edge below said so outer corner and which edge has therein atleast one notch for engagement by a second part of said hook when thefirst mentioned part of said hook extendsv through said opening in saidsecond portion of the' clip.

2. A device for the hanging support of a panellike member from acoacting hook on an upright wall and embodying. therein a bracket-likeclip having an upper end portion adapted for attachment -to the backofsaid panel-like member, a 4'@ second portion connected by an insidecorner to and extending outwardly at a right angle from the bottom ofthe rst portion and a third portion which isconnected by ani outsidecorner to said u second portion and. extends in a generally down- 4"ward direction therefrom and is formed at its bottom end for engagementwith said upright wall to space the panel-like member therefrom, saidsecond portion having an opening therein for the passage of a parto'fsaid hook therethrough and D0 said third portion 4having an openingtherein which' has a to'p edge spaced downwardly from said outsidecorner and in which edge is at least one notch for engagement by asecond part of said hook when said first mentioned part of the hook 5extends through said opening in said second portion' of the clip.

EDGAR H, VAN SCHOOR. DELBERT JOOST.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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